In the realm of networking solutions, routers stand as the cornerstone, orchestrating the flow of data packets within your network infrastructure. At its core, a router serves as a pivotal intermediary within a network, facilitating the exchange of data between multiple devices while ensuring efficient data routing. Whether it’s managing internet traffic, establishing secure connections, or optimising network performance, routers are indispensable assets for modern-day connectivity. A robust router not only ensures seamless connectivity but also fortifies your network against potential security threats. As pioneers within the router space, Draytek provides unparalleled performance and comprehensive feature sets with its range of networking solutions.
Why Draytek Routers Lead the Pack
Draytek’s legacy in the networking industry spans over two decades, marked by a relentless commitment to innovation and excellence. The brand’s routers have garnered widespread acclaim for their robust build quality, advanced security protocols, and feature-rich configurations.
- Exceptional Performance: Draytek routers are engineered to deliver unmatched performance, catering to the diverse needs of businesses and individuals alike. From high-speed data transmission to seamless VPN integration, these routers excel in optimising network efficiency and reliability.
- Advanced Security Measures: Security breaches pose a constant threat in today’s digital landscape. Draytek routers boast robust security features, including firewall protection, intrusion detection, and content filtering, safeguarding your network from malicious intrusions and cyber threats.
- Versatility and Flexibility: Whether you’re a small business requiring reliable internet connectivity or a home user seeking seamless multimedia streaming, Draytek routers offer versatile solutions tailored to your specific requirements. With support for various connection types and extensive configuration options, these routers adapt effortlessly to diverse network environments.
- Intuitive Management Interface: Simplifying network administration is paramount, and Draytek routers excel in this aspect. Equipped with user-friendly management interfaces and intuitive configuration wizards, these routers empower users to effortlessly customise settings, monitor network activity, and troubleshoot issues with ease.
- Unrivalled Reliability: Trust is the cornerstone of any networking infrastructure, and Draytek routers epitomise reliability. Built to withstand rigorous usage scenarios and engineered with robust hardware components, these routers ensure uninterrupted connectivity, minimising downtime and maximising productivity.
1. Vigor V3912-K VPN Enterprise Router
12.5Gb Enterprise Grade High-Performance VPN Router with Multi-WAN Load-Balance and Failover Capabilities. The DrayTek Vigor 3912 series is a premium next generation multi-WAN router making it ideal for your most demanding and complex networks. This VPN concentration is the evolution of our powerful 3910 model with even faster hardware to solve your large network challenges.
Key Features
- Powerful Enterprise Internet Gateway: Featuring a Quad-Core Processor, the Vigor 3912 readily meets the needs of demanding networks, with improved total maximum NAT throughput of over 12Gb/s delivered through its 10GbE & 2.5GbE ports.
- Flexible WAN Architecture: Spread the load across up to 8 WAN links with Load Balancing. Policy-based Routing enables intelligent and flexible failover, for reliable and resilient connectivity.
- High Availability: Provide hardware redundancy to mission critical applications with the installation of a second Vigor 3912. The backup autonomously resumes connections in the event of hardware failover.
- High-Performance VPN Concentrator: Protect inter-office communication with securely encrypted Virtual Private Network tunnels, maintaining 5Gb/s IPsec throughput and supporting 500 simultaneous VPN links.
- Switchable WAN & LAN Ports: 12 physical ports with 4 dedicated LAN ports and 8 switchable LAN or WAN ports. Allowing for up to 11 LAN ports in total, or Load Balancing up to 8 WAN connections.
- Manage Multiple Networks: Create up to 100 VLANs, port-based or tag-based. Each fully configurable for NAT or Routing, sharing resources between networks or isolated from each other.
2.Vigor 2927ax router with Wi-Fi 6 AX3000 wireless
The DrayTek Vigor 2927ax – Dual-WAN Load Balancing Firewall VPN Router allows you to make the most of FTTP Fibre Broadband with Gigabit WAN throughput, extensive Firewall, Content Filtering, VPN client/server and Quality of Service controls. The Vigor 2927ax features Wi-Fi 6 wireless, providing fast and efficient AX3000 wireless networking to your computers and devices. OFDMA enables the router to send data to more than one client at a time. The Vigor 2927ax provides a reliable, flexible, and secure network solution, that’s ideal for Small Business and Home Offices.
Key Features
- Unleash the full potential of Fibre broadband. High speed, Gigabit CPE with flexible application: Make full use of Fibre Broadband with the Vigor 2927ax’s Gigabit throughput per-WAN. Up to 1.8Gbps total combined throughput with Firewall, Content Filtering and Quality of Service.
- Provide secure, encrypted network access for remote workers: Provide fast and secure VPN access, with up to 50 VPN tunnels. Enabling remote workers to access network resources and connecting remote sites. With DrayTek SSL VPN and OpenVPN support.
- Improve wireless performance. Built with the latest technologies: Make full use of Fibre Broadband with the Vigor 2927ax’s Gigabit throughput per-WAN. Up to 1.8Gbps total combined throughput with Firewall, Content Filtering and Quality of Service.
- Improve quality of service for private, office and guest data traffic: Attach Computers, Servers and Network Attached Storage directly, with up to 6 Gigabit LAN ports. Use VLANs to supply Broadband & VPN connectivity to as many as 8 separate networks.
- Ensures the best quality and overall performance from your Internet connections: Prioritise essential services easily with DrayTek’s App QoS system and Auto-VoIP prioritisation. Customise QoS for your network with four QoS priority queues.
- Save time and money. Provision, manage and monitor remote sites easily, without on-site IT or dedicated staff: Manage the Vigor 2927 remotely and utilise DrayTek’s powerful SD-WAN features with the VigorACS 3 management platform. Centrally manage & provision whole networks across multiple sites.
3. Vigor 2832 ADSL Router/Firewall
The Vigor 2832 series (including the Vigor 2832n) is our new router/firewall for ADSL lines. Alternative WAN ports can instead provide connectivity to Ethernet feeds, secondary xDSL modems or a 3G/4G cellular service using a supported USB adaptor. This latest router series includes support for professional features such as VLAN tagging, and Gigabit Ethernet built-in WiFi (‘n’ models).
Key Features
- Operation on any one of the WAN ports (ADSL/VDSL, Ethernet or 3G/4G)
- Connectivity to direct native IPv6 ISPs
- Built-in tunneling to 3rd party IPv6 brokers
- Supporting TSPC or AICCU methods
- Default stateful firewall for all IPv6 LAN Clients/Devices
- DHCPv6 Client or Static IPv6 Client
- DHCPv6 & RADVD for client configuration
- IP Filtering Rules
- QoS for IPv6 with DiffServ
- Router Management over IPv6 (Telnet/HTTP) with IPv6 Access List
- Simultaneous (concurrent) operation with IPv4 (“Dual-Stack”)
4.V2763-K Vigor 2763 wired VDSL and Ethernet Router
The DrayTek Vigor 2763 series VDSL and Ethernet VPN routers are ideal for Small Office and Home Office networks. Featuring powerful Firewall and Content Filtering, configurable Quality of Service and an array of VPN capabilities, with the performance to make full use of FTTP Fibre Broadband. Incorporating Wireless in the Vigor 2763ac model, the Vigor 2763 series provides a reliable, highly integrated and reliable connectivity solution for SoHo networks.
Key Features
- VDSL and Ethernet Router: Connect the Vigor 2763 to Superfast Fibre with its integrated VDSL modem. Or connect to VirginMedia Cable and Ultrafast FTTP with Ethernet WAN.
- Powerful SoHo VPN Router: Connect remote locations with 2 VPN tunnels for Remote Dial-In User Teleworker and Dial-Out LAN to LAN VPN. Up to 200Mbps IPsec performance, with SSL and OpenVPN support.
- Quality of Service with App QoS: Prioritise essential services easily with DrayTek’s App QoS system and Auto-VoIP prioritisation. Customise QoS for your network with four QoS priority queues.
- 4 Gigabit LAN Ports with VLANs: Allows Computers, Servers and Network Attached Storage to transfer at Gigabit speed. Up to 4 LAN subnets and VLANs allow you to keep Guest networks from accessing private network data.
- Packed With Features: Configure DrayTek’s rich feature set to fit your network with App level network management, Route Policy, Quality of Service, VPN Matcher, advanced 2-factor security, DrayDDNS and more.
- VigorACS Central Management: DrayTek’s powerful VigorACS central management platform allows you to manage, monitor and configure the Vigor 2763, along with all other DrayTek products remotely across multiple locations.
5.Vigor V2866LAC-K G.fast/DSL & Ethernet 4G/LTE Router
The Vigor 2866 series is DrayTek’s G.Fast / VDSL and Ethernet Multi-WAN Firewall VPN router. Ideally suited to connect directly to Ultrafast G.Fast broadband and Superfast VDSL. Providing advanced Firewall and Content Filtering, Quality of Service and VPN with Gigabit throughput. Wi-Fi is available on ‘ac’ models and the integrated 4G+ LTE modem on ‘Lac’ models takes full advantage of mobile broadband. The Vigor 2866 series provides a reliable, flexible, and secure networking solution, that’s ideal for Home Offices, Small Business and Satellite Offices.
Key Features
- Future Proof DSL Router. High speed DSL & Gigabit CPE with flexible application: Connect the Vigor 2866 to Ultrafast G.fast and Superfast VDSL2 FTTC with integrated DSL modem. Load Balance with Ethernet WAN and more for greater resiliency and higher throughput.
- Securely encrypt network access for remote workers and working from home: Quickly and securely connect remote sites with up to 32 VPN tunnels. Enable remote workers to access resources with DrayTek SSL VPN and OpenVPN support.
- Fast and Convenient Mobile Broadband. Provide constant connectivity: Provide resilient Internet connectivity and VPN with integrated high speed 4G+/LTE Category 6 modem on ‘L’ models. Plan for Mobile network outages with Dual-SIM Failover.
- Improve quality of service for private and guest data traffic. Connect more devices: Link Computers, Server and Network Storage directly with up to 6 Gigabit LAN ports. VLANs can serve as many as 8 separate networks, with options Hotspot Captive Portal & guest networks.
- Advanced DrayTek router functionality solves many complex networking issues: Take advantage of DrayTek’s rich feature set and useful functionality such as Quality of Service, Route Policy, Hotspot Web Portal, VPN Matcher, DrayDDNS and more.
- Save time and money. Provision, manage and monitor remote sites easily, without on-site IT or dedicated staff: Manage the Vigor 2866 remotely and utilise DrayTek’s powerful SD-WAN features with the VigorACS 3 management platform. Centrally manage & provision whole networks across multiple sites.
If you require any further information on these or any other products that we stock here at Comms Express, please do not hesitate to contact our team who will be only too happy to help.
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